Reuters: Iran, after talks with senior U.S. officials, questioned whether a July deadline for a nuclear deal with world powers will be met, fuelling doubts on the outcome as France spoke out, saying talks on curbing Tehran’s uranium enrichment had “hit a wall”.
Iran questions nuclear deal deadline as talks ‘hit wall’
Iran, Germany to hold nuclear talks in Tehran Sunday
AFP: German officials will visit Tehran on Sunday for talks on Iran’s nuclear drive. The meeting will follow similar discussions with American, Russian and French negotiators this week ahead of the resumption of political talks between Iran and world powers on Monday in Vienna.
US warns of ‘tough choices’ in Iran nuclear talks
AFP: Time is running out for Iran’s negotiations with the so-called P5+1 group, which includes the five permanent UN Security Council members Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States, plus Germany.
Iran says six-month extension of nuclear talks may be necessary
Reuters: Iran’s talks with global powers on curbing its nuclear programme in exchange for an end to sanctions could be extended for another six months if no deal is reached by a July 20 deadline, a senior Iranian official said on Monday.
US, Iran hold direct nuclear talks in Geneva
AP: Negotiators from the United States and Iran have held face-to-face talks in Geneva. State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said in Washington that U.S. and Iranian officials met for more than five hours Monday and the talks are expected to continue all day Tuesday.
Execution of Iranian political prisoner draws condemnation
NewsBlaze: British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom strongly condemns the execution of Gholamreza Khosravi of the PMOI calling for tough actions against the Iranian officials for severe human rights violations.
Israel says Iran giving ‘false explanations’ to U.N. nuclear inquiry
Reuters: Israel has condemned as unacceptably slow Iran’s cooperation with a U.N. watchdog inquiry into suspected nuclear bomb research and accused Tehran of providing “false” explanations for its disputed activities.
Iran train crash kills at least 10, injures dozens -report
Reuters: A passenger train collided with a freight train in northern Iran on Thursday, killing at least 10 people and injuring dozens, Iranian media reported. “The train was en route from the northeastern city of Mashhad to Tehran.
‘Outraged’ experts call for end to death penalty in Iran
Newsroom America: A group of United Nations human rights experts have expressed outrage at the recent executions of two prisoners in Iran, and urged the Government to institute a moratorium on the death penalty with a view to abolishing it all together.
Six Iranians arrested after posting ‘Happy’ on YouTube
AFP – Police said on Tuesday they had arrested six Iranians suspected of posting a version of US singer Pharrell Williams’s hit song “Happy” on the Internet. The clip shows three men and three unveiled women singing and dancing to the tune in the streets and on Tehran rooftops.
